Scholes keeps the Wolves from door

PERHAPS it is fitting that for someone who has never done a thoroughly convincing job of denying he smokes, that Dimitar Berbatov plays the game as if he has a cigarette in his hand.

However the Bulgarian will surely have to break sweat this week.

It remains to be seen whether Alex Ferguson’s insistence that Wayne Rooney’s knee problem makes him a major doubt for Wednesday’s Champions League last 16 second leg tie with AC Milan is any more than mischief making.